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Grand Portage National MonumentCrepuscular sun rays illumminate a dark island and gray water just above the irregular wooden stockade enclosing the depot at Grand Portage.
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Grand Portage National Monument
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A summer lodge in the Monument's Ojibwe Village.

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The reed mat base of an Ojibwe summer lodge allowed breezes in yet helped to keep rains out as did the roof constructed of birchbark panels.

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The staff at Grand Portage National Monument have created brochures that help visitors invision how Ojibwe people survived winter in northern Minnesota and shared their technologies with Euroamericans.
A Montreal canoe at Grand Portage National Monument  

Did You Know?
The 40 foot “Montreal” class of birchbark canoe used on the Great Lakes during the 18th century, could carry the weight of two mid-sized cars…that’s over four tons or about 8,000 pounds!

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Last Updated: May 12, 2008 at 02:28 EST